I know that in principle, backbiting is prohibited but I want to know of differences of opinion about what exactly is considered backbiting.

Is it proper to greet a non-Muslim with "**As-Salāmu Alaykum**" (*Peace be upon you*) or respond with "**wa alaykumu s-salāmu wa rahmatu l-lāhi wa barakātuh**" (*may peace, mercy and blessings of God be upon you*) to non-Muslims? I do not consider myself Muslim, but I find it respectful to use these greetings to Muslims. It is not much different than I would address a Christian, except the language. Similarly I use "**IN SHA' ALLAH**" as I would say "**God willing**". I don't want to offend anyone by using these greetings.

Is there any specific time in which we should perform replacement (قضاء) Salah? and Is there any restriction on particular time on which we should not perform Salah?

According to the muhaddith scholar Ibn Hibban (270 - 354 hijri), all khabar are as its best *ahad*: > وأنكر الحافظ ابن حبان في صدر صحيحه الخبر المتواتر ، فقال : وأما الأخبار فإنها كلها أخبار آحاد > > ... He said: Regarding the akhbar, all of them are ahad. > > Source **Question:** Which scholars denied ahadith being mutawatir? *I also heard that some scholars claim only one hadith is mutawwatir (while others like Nawawi, say even that one might not be): "man kaddaba aliya ...." (i'll try to add references about this later)*

I had this question for many years and still don't know if it is suicide or not, in one way you { by not taking the "cure" which is chemotherapy, and others } wish yourself death. but I don't think it is a suicide, because, in the end, Allah will decide for me to live or die. please be free to refer to any hadith or aya that mention this subject.

I have a question but I feel that I have to provide some background info first, so here goes: I have just started learning more about Islam and I'm at a point where whenever I learn something new I tell the members of my family. My thinking so far has been that I'm duty bound to tell them in case they didn't know. And sometimes I catch my self being surprised that a member of my family already knew this thing I'm telling them and they actually expand on it. I'm thankful of course that I gained this extra knowledge but that initial feeling of surprise is a sign of ego. I learned this from this video by Nouman Ali Khan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtjwtmjbOKE Sometimes the advice that I give also comes out sounding judgmental and annoys the person I'm giving the advice to and I want to leave the person alone but I feel since I have been blessed with this opportunity to learn more about Islam I should try to help that person do the same. Honestly, the issue isn't about the particulars of this "journey of Islamic discovery" as mentioned in the clip above, it's more about getting them to start the journey. This is a long winded explanation of what the problem is before I ask the question, but basically what I'm wondering is what are my obligations of imparting any new knowledge I'm blessed with in regards to Islam for the main purpose of getting members of my family interested enough to search more on their own? Can I just concentrate on learning now? Please provide the hadith/source you got your answer from. Jazaka Allahu Khairan

I have seen this question on the Judaism.StackExchange: What is the appropriate response of someone outside Israel during a war? Jewish people living outside Israel feel responsibility to help the cruel regime that fired the war unfairly and very far from basics of humanity. Muslims can also ask the same question, to be at least a Muslim, as prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: > مَن اَصبَحَ وَ لَم یَهتَمَ بامُورالمُسلِمین فَلَیسَ بمُسلِم > > The one who does not care the Muslims affairs is not a Muslim So I want to make the same question: What is the appropriate response of someone outside a Muslim country during a war? Please verify both cases of Muslims being attacked by non-Muslims (like the case of Palastine or Myanmar) or a war between two Muslim countries.

So I was in Switzerland during the entire month of Ramadan. As you know, Switzerland has a very interchangeable weather and I have an autoimmune disease .. meaning my immune system can crash whenever weather changes. I was in an internship so I was sick during the entire month of Ramadan. One day I decided to climb a mountain and while the sun was rising I decided not to fast because a) I considered it "travelling", b) I thought I was excused since I'm an Egyptian in Switzerland so I am not in my own country and the hours of fasting were 18 hours and a half, and c) I was still sick. Does this mean I broke my fast on purpose? What do I do to make up for it? I can't fast for two months in a row, Ramadan is coming up

I know there are several days aside from Ramadhan, during which Islam advises to observe fasting. I would like know what those days are.

Are there any rules on joking in Islam? Are there any specific verses of the Qur'an or Hadiths regarding joking?

It is a well-known sunnah that Muslims should seek knowledge; the prophet himself would spread knowledge by teaching others (and recommend the same of his followers). All incidents I know thereof were informal. **Did the prophet ever formalize an education system (like modern classrooms) to teach in a structured manner?** If not, when (and by who) was the first such institution established?

According to the site http://www.ruqyashariyah.org , the following amal should be done to be given inspiration on certain matters/causes of problems, which should be recited before going to sleep:: (1) Istighfar 3x (2) Fatihah 1x (3) Ayat Qursi 1x (4) Al-Imran: 26-27 1x (5) A-Baqarah: 285-286 1x (6) Salawat 21x (7) Al-Jinn: 1-5 21x (8) Al-Kauthar 11x (9) Salawat 21x (10) Ameen My question is, where is this amal from? Is this something our prophet taught us? If yes, then it must be recorded in some hadith? If no, is it right for scholars/raqis/imaams to create new quranic ayat combinations like this? For example, I am fairly sure that I have read a hadith somewhere which says that the 3 qul in the quran are medicine for protection from jin or the evil eye. Fair enough, we know that our prophet used this medicine himself. But what about this firasat amal?

If I join a group Salah during the third rakah, how I should perform the missed rakat? After Surah al Fatihah, I have to recite an additional Surah; because in farz Salah, it is only in the first two rakat that we have to recite an additional Surah after Surah al Fatihah.

Muslims offer prayer and recite Quran in Arabic. What is the significance of Arabic language for worship according to Quran and Sunnah? Is there any hadith or verse of Quran that makes the Arabic language necessary for worship?

I am a Mexican Christian woman in love with a Kuwaiti Muslim man 10 years younger, both of us living in the US. Many things are against us but we love each other, so we are very confused. We dated for 2 years and lived together in the US, sharing all responsibilities and rights of marriage including intercourse. This was the first time I have ever done this, for I come from a religious (Christian) family. He asked me to marry him, but had to agree to have a Muslim marriage, our children raised Muslim; plus, consider converting to Islam. I immensely admire and respect his love for Allah (SWT), but he does many things Muslim men should not do… So, I agreed to marriage, if he showed me how to understand and love Allah (SWT) for myself not only for the marriage; and, to show me by example… With this agreement he stopped drinking, partying, and smoking; we stopped intercourse, I began attending the mosque and learning and asking questions to him and the imam… But within a month he returned to partying even more than before, he wasn't being loving and left me alone in the quest for Islam. I broke our relationship off… 6 months with little contact between us we were reunited by chance, he approached me and started pursuing me again, he has asked me to be his girlfriend again claiming he loves me, and that he has felt lost without me… But, while we were apart he prayed SalaT Al-Istikhara for marrying me, and said his answer was NO, and that his family and shirk in Kuwait said NO too! I see how this could happen, and how we could be not doing anything wrong at the same time… I am a non-Muslim but I am a person of the book and well behaved and are very modest for us standards; I am 10 years older than him but so was Khadijah; and our love was not born out of instant lust but out of a good friendship, trust, companionship, support, and a very good connection with each other. Now, I love him as a husband, my intention is being with him as as a wife… I know that despite all, Allah's (SWT) will is unknown, sometimes misunderstood because we have our own expectations, and we don't understand the final goal … NOW MY QUESTION IS HOW TO INTERPRET ISTIKHARAH IN HIS SITUATION?? He is very confused, and I am too, I don't want to hurt either one of us… I have heard various ways in which you can receive an answer for Istikharah about what Allah (SWT) wills… Which one is best?!?! How does it work??? 1) In dreams: if you dream something white or green, or black it means different things…He didn't dream anything! 2) Getting the right feelings in the heart about one of the options right after performing the supplication… He performed it the first time and his answer was No… 3) Him or her will pray and the guidance will come to him felt in the heart rather than felt in any senses… 4)I have heard both that you have to listen to your elders and family, because they know you and Allah (SWT); and that you should not listen to them because they aren't feeling your connection to Allah (SWT) and it is through connection and trust in Allah(SWT) that you get your answer, no one else can hear his will for you… 5) Allah's (SWT) will make one option easier than the other. And, in this case things have been going very easy and well for us, which makes both of us very confused… HELP!!!

As-salamalaykum, I am a revert and my father is a non Muslim. I am getting married in next couple of Weeks In Sha Allah. The Qazi who shall conduct the marriage is not ready to write or say my non Muslim father's name with my name. E.g Ayaan ibn Santosh Saini He say he will change my father's name on Marriage contract(Nikahnama) e.g Ayaan ibn Bilal Kabeer. Is there a Islamic ruling on this to not use non muslim father's Name during Marriage. Note my father is not going to come to witness this marriage. Bilal is my Friend.

Is it okay to backbite someone with one's self? For example, if I become very angry with someone, then I go to my room and talk to myself things like "Why is he so stupid?". Backbiting normally happens when you slander someone in their absence **with others**. In this case, I don't slander the person in question with others but only with myself.

What is the proven (via quran/hadith) method of greeting Muslims? I have seen some people who handshake with: * ...1 hand. * ...2 hands. * ...1 hand, followed by putting their hand on their chest. * ...2 hands, followed by putting 1 hand on their chest. * ...2 hands, followed by putting 2 hands on their chest. * ...1 or 2 hands, followed by kissing the others hand. * ...1 or 2 hands, followed by bowing their head a little. Which method is the method which was used by the Prophet if any of these. If none of these methods was used by the Prophet, which method did the prophet use, was it just a verbal greeting, a physical greeting, or both?

Can we see Allah in the Hereafter, the same way we see the other things? **EDIT** @owari commented the link to this page that has already listed the Shia references from Quran and Hadith that watching Allah by eyes is impossible before or after death, including: > لاَّ تُدْرِكُهُ الأَبْصَارُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الأَبْصَارَ وَهُوَ > اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ - الانعام 103 > > وَلَمَّا جَاءَ مُوسَى لِمِيقَاتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُ رَبُّهُ قَالَ رَبِّ > أَرِنِي أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ لَنْ تَرَانِي - الأعراف:143 Also Shia interprets ناظرة in ayah below as *waiting* rewards from the Lord: > وجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ ناضِرَةٌ إِلى‏ رَبِّها ناظِرَةٌ - القيامة 22 ,23 So I narrow down this question to the ideas of Sunni brothers - to prevent duplicate question: - What is the most agreed idea of Sunni scholars about watching Allah in the Hereafter? - Do all Sunni scholars have the same idea about this? - What is the reasoning behind their ideas? - If some (or all) believe we are able to see Allah in the Hereafter, do they mean seeing him the same way we see any other object now?

So, I've lived in enough Muslim countries to understand that Friday and Saturday are, in fact, the closest thing there is to a weekend in the US (which would normally be Saturday and Sunday), but what I don't understand is why Muslim services are on Friday? To be clear, I understand that Saturday is almost universally held as the end of Creation, and the original "Day of Rest." I understand that is why Jews (and some Christian denominations) celebrate their services on Saturday. I understand that in Christianity, however, the "Day of Rest" was celebrated on the day *after* the Sabbath, celebrating the Resurrection. What motivated Islam to make Friday, rather than Saturday, its High Holy day of the week?